The GAF mods never had Evilore by the balls though. Lowtax pays lip service to his SJW cronies because they've got their tentacles wrapped so tightly around the site's inner workings that there's no way for him to get rid of them without torpedoing the entire thing. Evilore was never owned like that, he always had the final say and he did occasionally overrule the mods when they tipped their hand too heavily. You're right to a certain degree, but I don't think he was just a victim of circumstance. I think he (mostly) genuinely believed the angle he was allowing the forums to push and only reexamined his beliefs once he was faced with clear evidence that he was mistaken.